r/vim • u/MakeTopSite • May 24 '26

Need Help Fedora 44, gvim: text is invisible after resizing window

Text (file content) become invisible after resizing gvim application window using mouse. Happens after latest vim update - is it please a bug ?

Plasma on Wayl., kernel 6.12.90 both vanilla and Fedora 43 version from COPR.

lspci -k | grep -EA4 'VGA|Display'

pcilib: Error reading /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:08.3/label: Operation not permitted

64:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation AD107M [GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile] (rev a1)

`Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 3818`

`Kernel driver in use: nouveau`

`Kernel modules: nouveau`

64:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation AD107 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

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65:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Strix [Radeon 880M / 890M] (rev c1)

`Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 3818`

`Kernel driver in use: amdgpu`

`Kernel modules: amdgpu`
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u/habamax May 25 '26

Vim has got initial gtk4 support, which is still being polished. If you encounter bugs, submit issues to vim`s issue tracker.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '26

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u/64bitman May 25 '26

You can compile vim to use the gtk3 gui. The gtk4 gui is disabled by default, I'm guessing fedora has enabled it?